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Constitution Quiz
Vocab and People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a period when economic activity slows and unemployment incteases | depression |
| who led a rebellion in Massachusetts | Daniel Shays |
| where did Shays's Rebellion take place | Springfield |
| what caused Shays's Rebellion | farmers were in debt and being sent to jail |
| which two states did not outlaw slavery or heavily tax it | South Carolina and Georgia |
| who created the Free African Society | Absalom Jones and Richard Allen |
| the freeing of individual enslaved persons | manumission |
| Virginia planter who came up with the Virginia Plan | James Madison |
| where did the Constitutional Convention take place | Philadelphia |
| why did Washington attend the convention | Shays's Rebellion |
| the president of the convention | George Washington |
| former governor of Virginia who introduced the Virginia Plan | Edmund Randolph |
| corresponding in size | proportional |
| called for a 2 house legislature and court system with number of representatives equal to state size | Virginia Plan |
| came up with the New Jersey Plan | William Paterson |
| 1 house Congress with equal representation but Congress can tax and regulate trade | New Jersey Plan |
| from Connecticut and came up with the Great Compromise | Roger Sherman |
| an agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants | compromise |
| 2 house legislature and representatives equal to state population | Great Compromise |
| every 5 slaves were worth 3 people | 3/5 Compromise |
| didn't sign the Constitution | Gerry, Randolph, Mason |